Astronaut Ken Mattingly, who flew to the moon on

By Russell Lewis

He piloted Apollo 16 and commanded the shuttle. But he may be best known for the mission he didn't fly: the ill-fated Apollo

For many Indigenous cultures, a solar eclipse honors tradition.

The Orionid meteor shower peaks this weekend.

By Aaron Scott|Regina G. Barber|Berly McCoy

We're about to hit peak Orionid meteor shower! According to NASA, it's one of the most beautiful showers of the year. The

The microbiologist studying the giant floating

By Aaron Scott|Rachel Carlson|Rebecca Ramirez

Microbiologist Monsi Roman joined NASA in 1989 to help design the International Space Station. As the chief microbiologist

Take a peek at what NASA brought back from an

By Nell Greenfieldboyce

Scientists are thrilled with the tiny asphalt-black rocks, and most of the sample hasn't even been revealed yet.

This next NASA mission to an asteroid is seriously

By Nell Greenfieldboyce

A NASA mission called Psyche is about to launch on a mission out to an unusual asteroid that's scientists believe is largely

Black holes can teach us how to live our best

By Regina G. Barber

Black holes may seem like interstellar enigmas, but they hold some key lessons on how to move through the universe.

After 7 years, NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission

By Nell Greenfieldboyce|Regina G. Barber|Berly McCoy|Rebecca Ramirez

In 2016, NASA launched a spacecraft to do something rarely attempted before: Collect space rocks from a potentially

NASA asteroid sample lands safely in Utah before

By Nell Greenfieldboyce

NASA's Osiris-REx mission has successfully returned a pristine sample of asteroid back to Earth. This cupful-or-so of space

She got famous on YouTube. Now it helps fund her

By Scott Neuman

This theoretical physicist and mathematician drops a new video several times a month, dispensing her dry wit and pithy

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